Anna Boghiguian will receive the 2024 Wolfgang Hahn Prize.
Anna Boghiguian is set to receive the 30th Wolfgang Hahn Prize from the Gesellschaft für Moderne Kunst at the Museum Ludwig in Cologne. The award ceremony is scheduled for November 2024 during the Art Cologne art fair in November.
Boghiguian, an Egyptian Canadian of Armenian descent, has gained international acclaim for her contributions to contemporary art. She is best-known for her paintings, drawings, and installations that reference global stories of oppression and inequality, placing people and ideas within the context of contemporary and historical narratives. Boghiguian’s works are often site-specific and reflect her keen observation of the human condition. In 2015, she received the Golden Lion at the Venice Biennale, where she represented Armenia in its pavilion. She has also participated in two editions of the Istanbul Biennial (2009 and 2015), the Sharjah Biennial in 2011, as well as in dOCUMENTA 13 in 2012. She was featured in the Artsy Vanguard in 2018.
“I am extremely pleased that Anna Boghiguian will receive the Wolfgang Hahn Prize 2024,” said Yilmaz Dziewior, director of the Museum Ludwig in a statement. “With her, an artist is honored whose work is equally political and poetic.”
The Wolfgang Hahn prize includes a maximum of €100,000 ($105,350) for the acquisition of the artist’s works for the Museum Ludwig’s collection in Cologne, followed by an exhibition and accompanying publication. Previous winners of the prize include Frank Bowling, Betye Saar, Isa Genzken, and Cindy Sherman.